If you’re a prime contractor on California public work, a certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) subcontractor can help you meet your DVBE participation goal.
All-American Septic is a service-disabled veteran-owned septic pumping and waste hauling company in San Diego County, certified as a DVBE and Small Business (Micro) under OSDS certification ID 2032502. Here’s what that means for your bid, and how to request our capability statement.
A DVBE is a business owned and run by disabled veterans and certified by California’s Department of General Services. Certification is handled by DGS’s Office of Small Business and DVBE Services (OSDS), and only OSDS-certified firms count toward a solicitation’s DVBE requirements.
To qualify, the business owner must be a U.S. veteran of the military, naval, or air service who lives in California. The service-connected disability must be rated at 10% or higher.
California state agencies are required to reach a DVBE participation goal of 3% of their overall contract dollars. Many solicitations pass that goal on to bidders.
When a solicitation includes DVBE requirements, bidders have to commit to meeting or beating the minimum participation goal. Bids that include certified DVBE participation can also earn a bid incentive. Primes are expected to verify each DVBE subcontractor’s certification with OSDS before relying on it.
In short, a certified DVBE subcontractor can be the difference between a responsive bid and one that gets set aside. For septic pumping and waste hauling, that subcontractor can be us.
Sometimes.
Some local public agencies and joint powers authorities are exempt from the state’s DVBE requirements. Others set their own participation requirements, so always check your specific solicitation.
We’re a service-disabled veteran-owned business with the following certifications:
You can verify our certification status through Cal eProcure.
NAICS codes are the standard industry classifications used in government contracting. Agencies and primes use them to find subcontractors for specific kinds of work.
Our primary codes are:
We handle the septic and wastewater pumping side of public and commercial work across San Diego County:
We’ve worked as a subcontractor to prime contractors on government projects. Our owner is on our job sites, so you’ll deal directly with the person who can make decisions.
Fill out our Capability Statement Request form, and we’ll send our capability statement directly to you. It includes our certifications, NAICS codes, fleet capacity, and service details.
We’re a family-owned, veteran-owned septic company that’s mid-sized on purpose — bringing the fleet to handle large public jobs alongside the accountability of an owner-run business.
When you call, you’ll talk to someone who can make decisions.
